Structural Analysis and Design of Process Equipment

A new edition of the standard text/reference for analysis and design of petrochemical process equipment, revised to reflect current practice. Covers the theory of plates and shells and its industrial applications, and provides background for some of the design equations in the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Section VIII. This Second Edition offers a new chapter on design of power boilers, and existing chapters have been expanded to cover new topics such as toughness criteria, design of expansion joints, and tube-to-tubesheet parameters. Also provides revised coverage of design of water tanks, heat tube exchangers, and noncircular vessels. Appendixes contain extensive data for quick reference.

Maan H. Jawad, PhD, PE, ASME Life Fellow, is active on several technical committees of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers related to boilers and pressure vessels since 1972. He is President of his own engineering consulting firm and was formerly Director of Engineering of Nooter Corporation. He is the author of Guide to the Design of ASME Section VIII Pressure Vessels, now in its fourth edition.

James R. Farr - Deceased - was Manager of Codes and Regulation at the Babcock and Wilcox Company, a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and a member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. He is a graduate of Purdue University and served on numerous National and International Committees on pressure vessels.